Binside TV: TIGER WOODS

Congrats to Tiger Woods who just won his third U.S. Open Title. Tiger has been battling a serious knee injury. We hope you get better Tiger.

Tiger Woods - U.S. Open Rally (3rd Round)

Fighting an injured left knee, an erratic swing and series of terrible starts, Woods still managed to produce some of the most memorable moments of his mythic career at Torrey Pines. There were the two back nine eagles on Saturday; a front-nine 30 on Friday; and his Sunday birdie on 18 to force the playoff in the first place. Woods's performance Monday, by comparison, wasn't quite as dramatic, but, as always, just as effective. After surrendering a three-shot lead on the back nine, he caught Mediate with another birdie on 18 then put him away with a professional par on 461-yard par-four seventh for the 14th major of his career. His fans are also going to have remember this one for a while as it appears he won't be playing again in the immediate future. "I'm glad I'm done," Woods said afterward. "I really didn't feel like playing anymore. The atmosphere kept me going. I couldn't have quit on these people." Woods's knee continues to be the subject of considerable speculation and, after Monday's round, he allowed that doctors had told him he risked further injury by playing in the Open. He said he wouldn't be playing "for a while", which brings the British Open into question. He also added the knee was bothering him as intently on Monday as it had during the previous four rounds. Still, you'd have a hard time proving it by the results. source

Tiger Woods finally beat Rocco Mediate on the 91st hole of the U.S. Open on Monday, ending an instant-classic major championship with a par at the 19th hole of a playoff.

Woods made a birdie to send the scheduled 18-hole playoff into sudden-death, then needed only a routine par at the next hole after Mediate bounced a bunker shot off the cart path and against the bleachers.

It brought to an end one of the longest U.S. Opens in history, a tournament whose first four rounds played out in primetime on the East Coast. Millions watched one of Woods' most compelling victories. Many of them got their first look at Mediate.

a great battle," said Woods, who won his third U.S. Open title and 14th major championship overall. source

Golf Channel lead broadcaster Kelly Tilghman returned from a two-week suspension for making a "lynch Tiger Woods" remark three weeks ago at the Mercedes-Benz Championship. "I'm Kelly Tilghman," she began. "It's an honor to be with you again. In a recent live broadcast I used an inappropriate word that was offensive to many. For the last two weeks I've taken the time to reflect and truly understand the impact of what I said. While I need not intend to offend anyone, I understand why those words were hurtful. I am terribly sorry for any hurt that I have caused. I would like to express my deepest apologies."

Watch Kelly Tilghman's Apology

There was a technical problem with the golf channel transmission and the beginning of her apology did not have any audio. After her apology was completed the Golf Channel continued their broadcast with coverage of the tournament. Tiger Woods was playing at the PGA tournament.

Tiger Woods' IMG agent, Mark Steinberg, tried to resolve the controversy involving the Golf Channel and Kelly Tilghman's remarks by calling it a "non-issue" and issuing the following statement on his clients behalf through the channel.

"This story is a non-issue. Tiger and Kelly are friends and Tiger has a great deal of respect for Kelly. Regardless of the choice of words used we know unequivocally that there was no ill intent in her comments. This story is a non-issue in our eyes. Case closed." [SOURCE]

At the time of the story, Newsday stated that the Golf Channel did not plan any disciplinary action. However, the case was not closed. Many were citing the historical definition of the term 'lynching' . Kelly Tilghman's remarks about Tiger Woods sparked claims of "racism". The controversy has led to some people questioning Tiger Woods' position on the "lynch" Tiger Woods remark and what responsibility athletes who have multi-million endorsement deals should take on issues like the Golf Week Magazine noose controversy . ESPN spoke to sports legend Jim Brown about the Golf Week noose controversy inspired by Kelly Tilghman's remarks and held their own round table discussion on the issue. CNN also spoke to the fired Editor of Golf Week who decided to put a noose on the cover of the magazine to illustrate Kelly Tilghman's lynch Tiger Woods comments.

CNN INTERVIEW WITH FIRED EDITOR WHO PUT NOOSE ON COVER OF GOLF WEEK MAGAZINE

ESPN ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON GOLF WEEK MAGAZINE NOOSE AND TIGER WOODS

JIM BROWN SPEAKS ON THE GOLF WEEK CONTROVERSY AND TIGER WOODS